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:iconkefkafloyd:
So you ride yourselves over the fields,
and you make your animal deals...
And your wise stallions don't know how it feels
To be blank as a flank.

Thick as a Brick was written by Ian Anderson as a response to critics' declaration of their last album, Aqualung, as a concept album. Anderson always felt that Aqualung was not a cohesive concept, just a normal song collection. Like most artists, when he was challenged he threw down the gauntlet, saying "If they want a concept album, by God we'll give them one." The result is one of the best sendups of the entire idea of progressive rock concept albums.

Thick as a Brick had two gimmicks - one, the whole album was one forty-four minute long song. Two, the cover kept in the spirit of a concept, putting forth the idea that a young boy wrote the lyrics to Thick as a Brick. While I'm not about to pull a Weird Al and do a complete parody of the song, I'm more than capable of doing a sendup of the album cover itself in the style of ponies.

The particular version I used is the version of the album I own, which is the first CD issuing. The Deluxe CD Remaster is slightly different, and the original LP is even more different, as it has a fold-out bottom to make the appearance of a broadsheet newspaper. Royston Eldrige put together most of the original album cover, though all the members of Tull provided content for the faux newspaper.
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~mst95 Jan 13, 2013
Really don't mind if you sit this one out...
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~skewedl0gic Oct 13, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
My gosh. It has finally happened.
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~wolfstorm56 Sep 22, 2012
This is such an intriguing concept. I love stuff like this.
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!InCrashMaster Aug 27, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This.
Is.
AMAZING.
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*kefkafloyd Aug 27, 2012  Professional General Artist
Thanks. :V Glad you liked it.
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*MAJORA64 Aug 4, 2012  Student Filmographer
I was listening to the album the other night and I remember seeing this a few months back. This is one of the best parodies I've ever seen. I'm just getting inter Jethro Tull and so far I am loving it; I have a massive obsession with progressive rock. Great job and great pun!
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*kefkafloyd Aug 4, 2012  Professional General Artist
Tull and Ponies go so well together!
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*MAJORA64 Aug 16, 2012  Student Filmographer
Believe it or not, I was looking at the album cover and apparently Jethro Tull were signed by Chrysalis records!
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*kefkafloyd Aug 16, 2012  Professional General Artist
Now that's an Interesting Fact!™
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~penguindf12 Jul 17, 2012
Seriously, this is probably my favorite thing of all time. "Thick as a Brick" is one of my favorite albums of all time. Are you into early Genesis? I have an old drawing based on "The Lamb" on my page.

And I've been doing pony art recently kinda inspired by Devo (not a progressive act really, but one of my favorite bands)
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